Rise (non-governmental organization)

In November 2014,{{cite web |url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/28/bill-rights-sexual-assault-survivors |publisher=TakePart |title=Do We Need a Bill of Rights for Sexual-Assault Survivors? |date=February 28, 2016 |accessdate=June 27, 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426144649/http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/28/bill-rights-sexual-assault-survivors/ |url-status=dead}} Nguyen founded Rise, a nonprofit organisation which is aimed to protect the civil rights of sexual assault and rape survivors.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/amanda-nguyen/ |magazine=Forbes |title=Amanda Nguyen |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/30-under-30-honoree-amanda-nguyen-fighting-sexual-assault-survivors-n715661 |publisher=NBC News |title='30 Under 30' Honoree Amanda Nguyen Is Fighting for Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights |date=February 2, 2017 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/02/04/amanda-nguyen-is-taking-the-fight-for-sexual-violence-survivors-civil-rights-all-the-way-to-the-white-house/ |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Navigating the broken system was worse than the rape itself |date=February 4, 2016 |accessdate=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627071022/http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/02/04/amanda-nguyen-is-taking-the-fight-for-sexual-violence-survivors-civil-rights-all-the-way-to-the-white-house/ |url-status=dead}} In 2013, she had been raped while attending college in Massachusetts.{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/woman-behind-sexual-assault-survivor-bill-rights/ |publisher=PBS |title=The woman behind the sexual-assault survivor 'bill of rights' |date=October 28, 2016 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}} Nguyen headed the organisation in her spare time{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/23/sexual-assault-survivors-rape-kits-us-senate-bill-white-house |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults |date=February 23, 2016 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}} until September 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/10/25/sex-assault-bill-author-currier/ |newspaper=The Harvard Crimson |title=Sexual Assault Bill Author Encourages Youth Activism |date=October 25, 2016 |accessdate=June 27, 2017}} Everyone who works with Rise is a volunteer,{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/04/07/rape-survivors-have-fewer-rights-than-you-think-amanda-nguyen-trying-change-that/7E0yCoVoPBB1DrpnIO2API/story.html |newspaper=The Boston Globe |title=Rape survivors have fewer rights than you'd think. Amanda Nguyen is trying to change that. |date=April 7, 2016 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}} and the organisation has raised money through GoFundMe.{{cite magazine |url=http://people.com/celebrity/amanda-nguyen-and-rise-profile-passing-sexual-assault-bill-of-rights/ |magazine=People |title=How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault |date=August 30, 2016 |accessdate=June 22, 2017}} Nguyen explained that the organisation was named Rise to "remind us that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can rise up and change the world."

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